IQzic Music Discovery And Funding Platform Announces January 26th Launch

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IQzic, innovators of music discovery and connecting the music world, has announced the launch of their Phase I music discovery platform, IQzic, to be set for January 26th, 2015. In Phase I, the IQzic platform allows members to competitively discover music videos across 40 genres, and recognizes those members that best predict music success.

“We know that music discovery is personal, but the desire to share it and be recognized for discovering something great is nearly universal,” said Jim Hodson, Founder of IQzic. “With tens of thousands of recordings released each month, it is extremely inefficient to organically discover the best emerging music, so hype and gimmicks tend to dominate. With IQzic, we’ve uniquely provided the ecosystem to incentivize all music lovers to collectively enable the best music to rise to the top –while taking pride in doing so.”

Phase II of IQzic will use additional incentives and allow listeners to support artists early in the creation process and directly fund demo versions of recording artists’ materials, significantly reducing the financial risks artists and labels encounter when producing mastered versions. “When creating IQzic, we focused on finding mutually beneficial ways to connect the artist and fan, and then position them to succeed together,” said Hodson.

IQzic plans to release Phase II later this year. Registration is now open to sign up for free for the Phase 1 launch at http://iqzic.com

Kerchoonz Showcasing Indie Talent At Our House

Kerchoonz, the social media networking group, is partnering with cult Mancunian online TV show, "Our House", in a bid to help promote regional UK musical talent.

The announcement follows on from the "Kerchoonz Live" sessions in December last year, when indie artists were invited to upload their music onto the Kerchoonz.com site, the winners going on to perform in front of a live studio audience at the House of Rock studios in Glasgow and receiving cash prizes, promotion in hard press, world-wide blog networking, professional live studio recordings and interview sessions with top journalists around the globe.

Our House is fast becoming recognised as the platform for showcasing indie musical talent. A mixture of music, guests and celebrity guest presenters, with interviews being held on the sofa and live performances in the living room, acts lined up for this year include:

* Tim Scott, a guitarist who works alongside Judge Jules in Ibiza
* Frank Bembini of the Fun Lovin Criminals
* Kristyna Miles, who has toured with Simply Red
* The 66, Violet Youth, Donna Marie, Darren Poyzer, Kranius and The Harks

In addition to this line-up, special guests will include Terry Longden, the TV and radio celebrity who also happens to be the nephew of Ozzy Osbourne, and Alan Fletcher, aka Dr Karl Kennedy in Neighbours, whose band is touring the UK this year.

Indiana Gregg, co-founder of Kerchoonz, says: "The Kerchoonz Live sessions are dedicated to supporting live entertainment and showing off some of the world's best raw talent. Similarly, Our House has exactly the same philosophy, cutting through the bull that often fuels the music industry and setting its sights firmly on giving musicians a helping hand, whilst providing entertainment to music lovers everywhere. We have joined forces to do just that, and the signs suggest that Our House is set to really take off".

Claire Curran, producer and presenter of Our House agrees. She says: "Mancunians are truly some of the most passionate music lovers in the world, indeed producing some of the best bands from the last twenty years and so it is fitting that Our House is filmed in Manchester. With the help of Kerchoonz, we will continue to attract and air bands worthy of attention from around the UK, giving them much needed publicity, as well as having our legendary in-depth conversations on the sofa with fascinating guests. We believe that both Kerchoonz and Our House will show musicians that the traditional process of finding an agent and a record deal is not the only route to success."

The episodes will be aired weekly, with the first episode being shown on 30 July at http://www.kerchoonz.com/ourhouse

Kerchoonz, founded by Indiana Gregg and Ian Morrow in 2008, is a group of veteran record producers, artists, songwriters , music and technology industry professionals. Kerchoonz.com is a social networking platform that allows free exchange of music, art, ideas and entertainment. It enables fans to search and discover new music, play games, meet people, watch and upload video, keep up with news and post blogs.

Kerchoonz.com is an ad-funded model that allows artists and musicians to be paid for their audio and video streams, as well as their free downloads.
http://www.kerchoonz.com

Our House is an independent television show, directed by Paul McCarthy and produced in Manchester, offering the best of unsigned talent and featuring a mixture of music, guests and celebrity guest presenters. It is produced in a house with guest interviews on the sofa and live performances in the living room!
http://www.ourhouse-manchester.co.uk